Editing 1930 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 2]] – [[Julius La Rosa]], American singer (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[January 5]] – [[Don Rondo]], American singer (d. [[2011 in music|2011]])
*[[January 7]] – [[Jack Greene]], American country music singer-songwriter (d. [[2013 in music|2013]])<ref name="FlintNelson1993">{{cite book|author1=Joseph H. Flint|author2=Judy A. Nelson|title=The insider's country music handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pin7Ya25sGkC|date=24 August 1993|publisher=Gibbs-Smith|isbn=978-0-87905-563-9|page=135}}</ref>
*[[January 10]] – [[Lyle Ritz]], American jazz ukulele musician (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[January 12]] – [[Glenn Yarbrough]], American folk singer ([[The Limelighters]]) (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/08/12/singer-glenn-yarbrough-dead-86/88599116/ |first1=Juli |last1=Thanki |title=Singer Glenn Yarbrough dies at 86 |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |date=August 12, 2016}}</ref>
*[[January 13]] – Bobby Lester, American singer ([[The Moonglows]]) (d. 1980)
*[[January 17]] – [[Dick Contino]], American accordionist and singer (d. 2017)
*[[January 27]] 
** [[Bobby Blue Bland]], American blues and soul singer (d. [[2013 in music|2013]])
** [[Usko Meriläinen]], Finnish composer (d. [[2004 in music|2004]])
*[[January 29]] – [[Derek Bailey (guitarist)|Derek Bailey]], English guitarist (d. 2005)
*[[January 31]] – [[Al De Lory]], American record producer, arranger, musician (d. [[2012 in music|2012]])
*[[February 7]] – [[Ikutaro Kakehashi]], Japanese electronic music engineer (d. 2017)
*[[February 22]] – [[Marni Nixon]], American soprano, best known for film dubbing (d. 2016)<ref>[[Margalit Fox|Fox, Margalit]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/arts/music/marni-nixon-singer-soprano-dies-86.html "Marni Nixon, the Singing Voice Behind the Screen, Dies at 86"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 25, 2016</ref>
*[[February 26]] – Chic Hetti, American pianist and vocalist ([[The Playmates]])
*[[March 1]] – [[Gagik Hovunts]], Armenian composer (d. [[2019 in music|2019]])
*[[March 6]] – [[Lorin Maazel]], American conductor (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite book|author=Donald Rosenberg|title=The Cleveland Orchestra Story: "Second to None"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CU99mBhbcxoC&pg=PA423|year=2000|publisher=Gray & Company, Publishers|isbn=978-1-886228-24-5|pages=423}}</ref>
*[[March 9]] – [[Ornette Coleman]], American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter and composer  (d. 2015)
*[[March 13]] 
** [[Liz Anderson]], American country music singer and songwriter (d. [[2011 in music|2011]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/arts/music/liz-anderson-who-wrote-hit-country-songs-dies-at-81.html|title=Liz Anderson, Who Wrote Hit Country Songs, Dies at 81|date=November 3, 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 7, 2016}}</ref>
** [[Jan Howard]], American country singer (d. [[2020 in music|2020]])
** [[Blue Mitchell]], American trumpet player (d. 1979) 
*[[March 17]] – [[Paul Horn (musician)|Paul Horn]], American jazz and new age flautist (d. 2014)
*[[March 22]] – [[Stephen Sondheim]], American musical theater composer and lyricist (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jackson R. Bryer|author2=Richard Allan Davison|title=The Art of the American Musical: Conversations with the Creators|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udCClf6JJQoC&pg=PA186|year=2005|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-3613-2|pages=186}}</ref>
*[[March 26]] – [[Sivuca]], Brazilian guitarist and accordionist (d. 2006)
*[[March 28]] – [[Robert Ashley]], American composer (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite book|author=Neil Butterworth|title=Dictionary of American Classical Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WR8jAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA15|date=2 October 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-79024-9|pages=15}}</ref>
*[[March 29]] – Donny Conn, American drummer ([[The Playmates]]) (d. 2015)
*[[March 30]] – [[Sterling Betancourt]], Trinidadian [[steelpan]] player
*[[April 5]] – [[Mary Costa]], American opera singer and actress<ref>{{cite book|author=Marion Elizabeth Cullen|title=Memorable days in music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2cs4AQAAIAAJ|date=May 1970|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=67|isbn=9780810802933 }}</ref> 
*[[April 8]] – [[Jean Guillou]], French composer, organist, pianist and pedagogue (d. 2019)
*[[April 10]] – [[Claude Bolling]], French jazz pianist and composer (d. [[2020 in music|2020]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Lindsey C. Harnsberger|title=Essential Dictionary of Music: Definitions, Composers, Theory, Instrument & Vocal Ranges|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lrjbxAuZYeYC&pg=PA162|date=October 1996|publisher=Alfred Music Publishing|isbn=978-0-88284-728-3|pages=162}}</ref>
*[[April 16]] – [[Herbie Mann]], American jazz flutist (d. 2003)
*[[April 17]] – [[Chris Barber]], English jazz trombonist and bandleader (d. 2021)
*[[April 28]] – [[Wanda Warska]], Polish jazz vocalist (d. 2019)
*[[May 1]] – [[Little Walter]], American blues musician (d. 1968)
*[[May 4]] – [[Katherine Jackson]], matriarch of [[The Jackson 5]]
*[[May 8]] – [[Heather Harper]], Northern Irish operatic soprano (d. 2019)
*[[May 16]] – [[Friedrich Gulda]], Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000)
*[[May 22]] – [[Kenny Ball]], English jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader (d. [[2013 in music|2013]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/07/kenny-ball|title=Kenny Ball obituary|author=Peter Vacher|date=7 March 2013|website=The Guardian|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref> 
*[[May 28]] – [[Julian Slade]], English musical theatre writer (d. 2006)
*[[May 31]] – [[Uno Loop]], Estonian singer and guitarist (d. 2021)
*[[June 3]] – [[Dakota Staton]], American jazz vocalist (d. 2007)
*[[June 4]] – [[Morgana King]], American jazz vocalist (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite book|author=Andy Gregory|title=The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZIjT8PgJMEC&pg=PA278|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-161-2|pages=278}}</ref>
*[[June 9]]
**[[Buddy Bregman]], American composer and conductor (d. 2017)
**[[Monique Serf]], French singer ("Barbara") (d. [[1997 in music|1997]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2007/11/24/barbara-intacte-et-lumineuse_982168_3246.html|title=Barbara, intacte et lumineuse|date=24 November 2007|language=fr|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[June 17]] – [[Romuald Twardowski]], Polish composer, pianist and organist (d. 2024)<ref>[https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7791/artykul/3316566,composer-romuald-twardowski-dies-at-93 Composer Romuald Twardowski dies at 93]</ref>
*[[July 2]] – [[Ahmad Jamal]], American jazz pianist and composer (died [[2023 in music|2023]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Jazz Journal International|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C4sKAQAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Billboard Limited|page=4}}</ref>
*[[July 3]] – [[Carlos Kleiber]], Austrian conductor (d. [[2004 in music|2004]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Barber|title=Corresponding with Carlos: A Biography of Carlos Kleiber|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MoWnChH_SyUC&pg=PA140|date=30 November 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8144-0|pages=140}}</ref>
*[[July 6]] – [[M. Balamuralikrishna]], Indian Carnatic vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer and actor (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Ashok Roy|title=Music makers: living legends of Indian classical music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpGfAAAAMAAJ|date=2 February 2004|publisher=Rupa & Co|page=144|isbn=9788129103192 }}</ref>
*[[July 10]] – [[Josephine Veasey]], English operatic mezzo-soprano
*[[July 16]] – [[Guy Béart]], French singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
*[[July 20]] 
** [[Sally Ann Howes]], English actress and singer<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's calendar of events 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WoV51PohNjwC|year=2009|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-159956-6|page=371}}</ref>
** [[Oleg Anofriyev]], Russian actor, singer, songwriter, film director and poet (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Умер Олег Анофриев|url=https://ria.ru/culture/20180328/1517456061.html}}</ref>
*[[July 21]] – [[Helen Merrill]], American jazz vocalist<ref>{{cite book|author1=Wayne Enstice|author2=Janis Stockhouse|title=Jazzwomen: Conversations with Twenty-one Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9MCn6tJ5-8C&pg=PA253|year=2004|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-34436-0|pages=253}}</ref>
*[[July 25]] – [[Annie Ross]], British-American singer (died [[2020 in music|2020]])<ref>{{cite news|last=Piccalo |first=Gina |title=Annie Ross, jazz singer and actress who overcame demons, dies |url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-07-22/annie-ross-jazz-singer-twisted-count-basie-dead |work=Los Angeles Times |date=22 July 2020|access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[July 27]] – [[Andy White (drummer)|Andy White]], Scottish-born session drummer (d. 2015)
*[[July 28]] – [[Firoza Begum (singer)|Firoza Begum]], Bangladeshi singer (d. [[2014 in music|2014]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/09/09/firoza-begum-passes-away|title=Firoza Begum passes away|date=10 September 2014|author=Ashik Hussain|website=bdnews24|access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[August 1]]
**[[Lionel Bart]], English composer and lyricist (d. 1999)
**[[Walter Jagiello]], Polish polka musician and songwriter (d. 2006)
*[[August 6]] – [[Abbey Lincoln]], American singer (d. [[2010 in music|2010]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Salem Press|title=Directory of Historical Figures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3b9WAAAAYAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-0-89356-334-9|page=361}}</ref>
*[[August 7]] – [[Veljo Tormis]], Estonian composer (d. 2017)
*[[August 10]] – [[Jorma Panula]], Finnish conductor and composer
*[[August 11]] – [[Heinz Werner Zimmermann]], German composer (d. 2022)
*[[August 16]] – [[Flor Silvestre]], Mexican singer, actress and equestrienne (d. [[2020 in music|2020]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Ramiro Burr|title=The Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9DPaAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Billboard Books|isbn=978-0-8230-7691-8|page=49}}</ref>
*[[August 24]] – Tony Davis, English folk singer ([[The Spinners (UK band)|The Spinners]]) (d. 2017)
*[[September 7]] 
** [[Paul-Baudouin Michel]], Belgian composer and musicologist (d. 2020)
** [[Sonny Rollins]], American jazz saxophonist and composer
*[[September 12]] – [[Larry Austin]], American composer (d. 2018)
*[[September 23]] – [[Ray Charles]], American soul musician (d. [[2004 in music|2004]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Mike Evans|title=Ray Charles: Birth of Soul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5v1pSAHAEa0C&pg=PT15|date=11 November 2009|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-051-9|pages=15}}</ref>
*[[September 26]] 
** [[Alice Harnoncourt]], Austrian classical violinist 
** [[Fritz Wunderlich]], German tenor singer (d. [[1966 in music|1966]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Roy Hemming|title=Discovering music: where to start on records and tapes, the great composers and their works, today's major recording artists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bhw5AQAAIAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Four Winds Press|page=347|isbn=9780590071444}}</ref>
*[[September 29]] 
** [[Richard Bonynge]], Australian pianist and conductor<ref>{{cite book|author=Louis Kahan|title=Great Music Makers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GV-sVSFOmY0C&pg=PT1|year=2005|publisher=Macmillan Education AU|isbn=978-1-876832-89-6|pages=144}}</ref>
** [[Billy Strange]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. [[2012 in music|2012]])<ref>{{cite news|last=Lewis |first=Randy |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-billy-strange-20120224,0,767015.story |title=Billy Strange dies at 81; guitarist, arranger for Presley, Nancy Sinatra |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 24, 2012}}</ref>
*[[October 1]] – [[Richard Harris]], Irish actor and singer (d. [[2002 in music|2002]])<ref>{{cite news|title=He was one of the most outstanding film stars of his time|work=Irish Independent|date=27 October 2002|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/harris-was-one-of-the-most--outstanding-film-stars-of-his-time-504644.html|access-date=10 December 2007}}</ref>
*[[October 5]] – [[John Carmichael (composer)|John Carmichael]], pianist, composer and music therapist
*[[October 8]] – [[Tōru Takemitsu]], composer (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite book|author=James Siddons|title=Toru Takemitsu: A Bio-bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s1h-dw9tyLwC&pg=PA1|year=2001|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-27237-0|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[October 12]] – [[Cyril Tawney]], English traditional singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
*[[October 23]] – [[Boozoo Chavis]], American accordionist (d. 2001)
*[[October 24]] – [[The Big Bopper]], American DJ and singer (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Murrells|title=Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s: an illustrated directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iIKAQAAMAAJ|date=31 December 1984|publisher=Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-3843-7|page=113}}</ref>
*[[October 29]] 
** [[Omara Portuondo]], Cuban singer and dancer<ref>{{cite web|author=Iván García |url=http://translatingcuba.com/in-cuba-we-lack-a-lot-of-things-but-we-have-omara-portuondo-ivan-garcia/ |title=In Cuba We Lack A Lot of Things, But We Have Omara Portuondo |publisher=TranslatingCuba.com |date=November 2, 2010 |access-date=2014-01-30}}</ref>
** [[Natalie Sleeth]], American composer (d. 1992)
*[[October 30]]
**[[Clifford Brown]], American jazz trumpeter (d. 1956)
**[[Stanley Sadie]], English musicologist (d. 2005)
*[[November 12]] – [[Bob Crewe]], American singer, songwriter, manager, and producer (d. [[2014 in music|2014]])
*[[November 18]] – [[Jerzy Artysz]], Polish operatic baritone (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classicalmusicdaily.com/articles/a/j/jerzy-artysz.htm|title=Jerzy Artysz|access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref>
*[[November 20]] – [[Curly Putman]], American songwriter (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/7557837/curly-putman-dead|title=Curly Putman, Prolific Country Songwriter, Dies at 85|first=Chuck|last=Dauphin|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 30, 2016|issn=0006-2510|access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref>
*[[November 22]] – [[Peter Hurford]], English organist and composer (d. 2019)
*[[December 17]] – [[Makoto Moroi]], Japanese composer (d. [[2013 in music|2013]])
*[[December 31]] – [[Odetta]], American singer, songwriter and civil rights activist (d. 2008)
*''Date unknown'' – [[Munir Bashir]], Iraqi Assyrian musician and [[oud]] player (d. 1997)